Anatomy and Cell Biology 3319 Chapter Notes -Carotid Canal, Brainstem, Facial Artery

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Lies in thorax posterior to sternum & costal cartilages & rests on superior surface of diaphragm. Coverings: pericardium: triple-layered sac that encloses heart, outer layer: fibrous pericardium. Adheres to diaphragm inferiorly & superiorly fused to roots of great vessels that leave & enter the heart. Acts as tough outer coat that holds heart in place & keeps it from overfilling with blood: double layered: serous pericardium. Between parietal & visceral layers of serous pericardium is a space: pericardial cavity, a division of the embryonic coelom. Epithelial cells of serous pericardium that line pericardial cavity produce a lubricating film of serous fluid into pericardial cavity. Fluid reduces friction between the beating heart and the outer wall of the pericardial sac. Clinical application: cardiac tamponade: pericardial fluid accumulation (cavity is closed) makes a globular shaped heart, generates excessive pressure, heart cant fully expand with blood cant fully contract. Depression in interatrial septum that marks spot where opening existed in fetal heart:

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